Railroad Man Fatally Naps on Track Near Martinsburg
Charles Newton Onderdonk, 27, a laborer at the Cumbo railroad yards north of Martinsburg, was killed Sunday night when he fell asleep while waiting for a return train and was struck by an engine backing toward the city. Fellow workers, unaware due to darkness, found the body moments later. A coroner's jury ruled the death an unavoidable accident.
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Charles Newton Onderdonk
Cumbo
Martinsburg
Corofier
Wheat Yield In Loudoun County Sets Local Peak
LEESBURG Va July 26 What is said to be the largest yield of wheat produced in this section for the 1927 season is the crop thrashed by G R Fleming on the Harrison farm. A 33 bushel per acre yield on a small field and a larger tract yielding slightly under 24 bushels mark the record. The grain is of excellent quality and smut free due to seed treatment. Average yields in the area are expected to run from 12 to 24 bushels.
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Leesburg
G. R. Fleming
Harrison Farm
Winchester
Gerr Street
Loudoun Street
Taylor F Hahn
Mary R. Conner
Miss Lillian Brill Visit in Woodstock
Zepp Brevities reports Miss Lillian Brill visiting friends in Woodstock. Mr. Alton Bolner and wife of Ash...
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Zepp
Lillian Brill
Woodstock
Alton Bolner
Ash
Weekend Visitors and Household Gatherings in Land Ky
Local social notes recount weekend visits among residents and relatives from Stuarts Draft Washington and Winchester. Families including the Williams, Peer, Rudolph, Herbaugh and Whittington clans gathered for dinners and companionship. A severe hail storm Thursday caused garden and cornfield damage in the area.
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W. Va
Harry Lineweaver
Pittsburgh
Robert Shell
Hersel Rudolph
Bernice Peer
Russell Williams
George Rudolph
Edward Strosnider
Norman Racey
Star Tannery
Last Rites Held At Stephens City For W. L. Williams
Walter Lomax Williams son of Mr and Mrs J Luther Williams was laid to rest at Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City after services led by Rev J R Collis and Rev J evensone He lived in Stephens City High School graduate 1922 and worked in Studebaker Detroit before dying July 18 in Grace Hospital Detroit at age 18 years He is survived by his parents four sisters and was active in Friendship United Brethren Church and local Odd Fellows group known as Dick by many for his generous nature
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Mr. Williams
Nelle
Mildred
Viola
Washington, D. C
Lucille
Aames Training School
Wincheser
Lomax Parker
James Cadwallader
Leslie Orndorff
Wade Guard
Calvin Grim
Edwin Fritts
Williams
Double Churches
Stephens City
Collis
Stephens City High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Studebaker Company
Detroit
Mich
Grace Hospital
Friendship United Brethren Church
Order of Odd Fellows
Smoot and Harrison Call for Special Session on Tax Cuts
Senators Smoot and Harrison returned to the Capitol and urged President Coolidge to convene Congress in special session to speed tax legislation. Smoot favored a 300 million dollar cut while Harrison pressed for a 500 million dollar reduction. Harrison hinted the South would back Al Smith if nominated and noted flood control as an early priority alongside tax work.
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Washington
Smoot
Utah
Harrison
Mississippi
Coolidge
Congress
Finance Committee
Mississipian
al Smith
South
New York
Baltimore Police On Trail Of One Of Girl Bandits
Police pursue a suspected female bandit linked to a Washington theft spree in Wardensville and Woodstock. A bank robbery netted $2,000 and investigators seek Dellinger as a key suspect with a DC license plate and other tags found with the abandoned car.
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Baltimore Police
Wardensville
Mount Jackson National Bank
Middle Valley
Woodstock
Dellinger
Washington
District of Columbia
Virginia
Summer School Program Set at First Brethren Church
The children of the Summer Bible School at the First Brethren Church will present a program at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at the Berryville pike church. The pastor Reverend Emerson Rohart extends a cordial invitation to the general public.
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James P. Reardon
M. M. Lynch
Harry R. Kern
A. G. Swanson
Blamch E. Noonan
Herbert S. Larrick
Blanch E. Noonan
Goodyear
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George Washington Hotel
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